Usage: {Avaricious}, {Covetous}, {Parsimonious}, {Penurious},
{Miserly}, {Niggardly}. The avaricious eagerly desire
wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp
after it at the expense of others, though not of
necessity with a design to save, since a man may be
covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious,
parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgracefulself-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their
dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous
in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in
expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living,
niggardly in dispensing.
[1913 Webster] -- {Av`a*ri"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Av`a*ri"cious*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]

avaricious — [[t]æ̱vərɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions. He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed … English dictionary

avaricious — adjective /ˌævəˈrɪʃəs/ Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself... See Also: avarice … Wiktionary